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Canterbury · New Zealand
In the destination Christchurch and Akaroa.
In the photo: Akaroa and the harbour
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
The city
Akaroa is a village of about 600 people on the Banks Peninsula, beside a natural harbour formed in the crater of an ancient volcano. Founded by French settlers in 1840, it retains streets with French names, wooden houses and the peninsula museum. Boats depart from the wharf for harbour trips, where Hector’s dolphin, the world’s smallest dolphin, lives.
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The local experience
Natural harbour formed in the crater of an ancient volcano on the Banks Peninsula, with cliffs, caves and coves. Boat trips depart from Akaroa wharf; the harbour is home to Hector's dolphin, the smallest dolphin in the world.
Museum of the history of Akaroa and the Banks Peninsula, opened in 1964 on Rue Lavaud. It includes the 1878 courthouse, the Langlois-Éteveneaux house from the 1840s, and the old customs house.
Wooden lighthouse built in 1880 at the harbour entrance, 82 metres above sea level, and moved in sections to the village tip at Cemetery Point in 1980.
